<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001415889-24-017732.txt : 20240620
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001415889-24-017732
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240610
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240620
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240620

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Middleton Piers Dayer
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002027669
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06311
		FILM NUMBER:		241058116

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		842 W SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY N., SUITE 400
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77024

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TIDEWATER INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000098222
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WATER TRANSPORTATION [4400]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				720487776
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		842 WEST SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY NORTH
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77024
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(713) 470-5300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		842 WEST SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY NORTH
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77024

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TIDEWATER MARINE SERVICE INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19780724
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    <periodOfReport>2024-06-10</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000098222</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>TIDEWATER INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TDW</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0002027669</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Middleton Piers Dayer</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>842 W SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY N., SUITE 400</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HOUSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>77024</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>false</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle>EVP &amp; Chief Commercial Officer</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.001</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>25196</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes an aggregate of 25,096 shares represented by restricted stock unit awards that vest, subject to continued employment, as follows: 5,000 shares on 1/02/2025; 4,778 shares on 3/10/2025; 4,695 shares on 3/22/2025; 5,000 shares on 1/02/2026; 4,695 shares on 3/22/2026; 927 shares on 3/22/2027.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Daniel A. Hudson, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2024-06-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<p style="margin-top:5.067px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:4.733px; padding-right:3.733px; font-size:11pt; color:#1F1F1F" align="center"><b><u>POWER OF ATTORNEY</u></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:1.133px; margin-bottom:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.067px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:9.467px; padding-right:10.133px; text-indent:48.6px; font-size:11pt; color:#1F1F1F" align="justify">KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned (the <b><i>"Reporting Person") </i></b>hereby constitutes and appoints each of Daniel A. Hudson, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, Samuel Rubio, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Melissa L. Mong, Assistant General Counsel, Corporate &amp; Securities, of Tidewater Inc., a Delaware corporation (the <b><i>"Company"), </i></b>or any of their successors in office, signing individually, as the Reporting Person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.067px;margin-bottom:-1pt;font-size:1pt"></p><p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:24px; width:48px; font-size:11pt; float:left">1.</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; padding-right:10.533px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:11pt" align="justify">Execute for and on behalf of the Reporting Person, in the Reporting Person's capacity as an officer or director of the Company, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.067px;margin-bottom:-1pt;font-size:1pt"></p><p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:24px; width:48px; font-size:11pt; float:left">2.</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; padding-right:10.533px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:11pt" align="justify">Execute for and on behalf of the Reporting Person, in the Reporting Person's capacity as a security holder of the Company selling securities of the Company in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Form 144;</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.067px;margin-bottom:-1pt;font-size:1pt"></p><p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:24px; width:48px; font-size:11pt; float:left">3.</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; padding-right:10.533px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:11pt" align="justify">Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the Reporting Person that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, 5 or 144 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</p>
<p style="margin:0px; clear:left"><br></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.067px;margin-bottom:-1pt;font-size:1pt"></p><p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:24px; width:48px; font-size:11pt; float:left">4.</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; padding-right:10.533px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:11pt" align="justify">Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, and in the best interest of, or legally required by, the Reporting Person, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such items and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:8.4px; padding-right:10.8px; text-indent:46.933px; font-size:11pt; color:#1F1F1F" align="justify">The Reporting Person hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the Reporting Person might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by the virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The Reporting Person acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the Reporting Person, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the Reporting Person's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.4px; margin-bottom:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:7.867px; padding-right:12.467px; text-indent:46.467px; font-size:11pt; color:#1F1F1F" align="justify">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the Reporting Person is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 or 144 with respect to the Reporting Person's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the Reporting Person in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</p>
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<table style="margin-top:0px; font-size:10pt" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"><tr style="font-size:0"><td width="291.867"></td><td width="36"></td><td width="299.667"></td></tr><tr><td style="margin-top:0px; padding-left:4px; padding-top:0px; padding-right:4px; padding-bottom:0px" valign="top" width="291.867"><p style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt">Date: June 14, 2024</p>
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</td><td style="margin-top:0px; padding-left:4px; padding-top:0px; padding-right:4px; padding-bottom:0px" valign="top" width="299.667"><p style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt">Piers Dayer Middleton</p>
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